MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 44.1,-95.87 Latitude: 44.10 Longitude: -95.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 82 SFC 955 480 26.2 22.9 82 3.4 23.8 132 6 303.3 306.8 298.5 358.8 18.66 2 950 528 25.9 21.7 78 4.2 22.9 132 8 303.5 306.7 297.8 355.3 17.46 3 900 1004 23.9 19.8 78 4.1 20.9 181 20 306.1 309.1 297.7 355.2 16.36 4 850 1503 20.6 18.7 88 2.0 19.2 195 29 307.8 310.8 298.0 356.5 16.13 5 800 2027 17.6 16.2 92 1.4 16.7 204 36 309.9 312.7 297.6 354.6 14.65 6 750 2578 15.7 11.1 74 4.6 12.7 214 47 313.7 315.8 296.3 348.3 11.18 7 700 3162 12.5 5.6 63 6.9 8.3 217 52 316.3 317.9 294.8 342.0 8.17 8 650 3779 8.1 -2.0 49 10.1 2.8 221 50 318.1 319.1 292.9 334.4 5.08 9 600 4434 3.3 -0.8 75 4.1 1.1 232 48 319.9 321.1 294.1 339.3 6.03 10 550 5134 -1.9 -4.0 86 2.1 -3.0 242 48 321.8 322.8 294.0 338.6 5.17 11 500 5884 -7.7 -10.0 84 2.2 -8.7 243 50 323.6 324.3 293.2 335.5 3.59 12 450 6695 -13.6 -17.8 71 4.2 -15.0 251 51 326.2 326.6 292.6 333.4 2.10 13 400 7580 -19.2 -25.6 57 6.4 -20.8 250 46 330.0 330.2 292.9 334.2 1.18 14 350 8560 -25.6 -31.4 58 5.8 -26.8 248 39 334.2 334.3 293.6 337.1 0.79 15 300 9659 -33.7 -40.0 53 6.3 -34.5 244 35 337.8 337.9 294.1 339.4 0.39 16 250 10910 -43.5 -49.8 50 6.3 -43.9 236 29 341.4 341.4 294.8 342.0 0.16 17 200 12373 -54.5 -56.6 77 2.1 -54.6 179 18 346.4 346.5 295.9 346.8 0.09 18 150 14158 -65.8 -69.3 61 3.5 -65.8 224 27 356.7 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.02 19 100 16652 -59.1 -84.0 3 24.9 -59.5 234 18 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.90 m Freezing level: 568.68 mb = 4872.89 m = 15986.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.71 mb = 4614.63 m = 15139.68 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.83 % Est. max temperature: 32.51 C = 90.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.08 mb = 906.04 m = 2972.53 ft T: 24.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 22.08 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.45 mb = 1872.22 m = 6142.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.12 C = 89.81 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -6.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.36 C Showalter Index: -7.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.38 C Cross Totals Index: 26.40 C K Index: 40.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 564.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2547.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.48 mb = 1426.76 m = 4680.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.48 mb = 3373.15 m = 11066.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.48 mb = 14056.68 m = 46117.15 ft B at Equ Level: 2531.47 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.8 at 42.2 knts Storm direction: 254.8 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 471.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 471.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 157.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.35 Bulk Rich Number: 13.54 Bulk Shear: 188.23 m/s